PT-2025-20833 · Unknown+5 · Gnu Screen+5

Matthias Gerstner · CVE-2025-46805 · Published 2025-01-01 · Updated 2026-01-26

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNUScreen version 5.0.1 and earlier

Description: The issue affects Linux administrators, cloud engineers, and developers. It is related to a root privilege escalation flaw.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

LPE

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-11864

BDU:2025-11400

CVE-2025-46805

OESA-2025-1579

USN-7978-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Gnu Screen

Linuxmint

Red Os

Ubuntu

References · 33

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7978-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-11400 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2025-46805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-46805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2025-46805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46805 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46804 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46802 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24626 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46805 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46805 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46804 · Vendor Advisory